Sogorea Te' Land Trust

What happened

Sogorea Te' Land Trust works in the East Bay, which it describes as the traditional land of the Lisjan Ohlone. Its history page says the trust's name comes from a sacred place and a long struggle to protect it, and that organizers Corrina Gould and Johnella LaRose led efforts. Its staff and board page lists them as Directors: Gould (Ohlone), the tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, and LaRose (Shoshone Bannock/Carrizo). The trust says its work is made possible by the leadership of Indigenous women and culture keepers.

Its Rematriation page defines rematriation as Indigenous women-led work to restore sacred relationships between Indigenous people and ancestral land. The Land Sites page lists results. Rammay, a small garden in West Oakland, was rematriated in 2018 in collaboration with Northern California Land Trust. 'Ookwe Park in Richmond was opened in July 2021 as the first park returned to the care of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan and the trust, with the City of Richmond. In 2022 the Rinihmu Pulte'irekne site was returned to Indigenous hands through a cultural easement with the City of Oakland. The trust also reports it raised money and bought its first house, the first land in the territory held entirely by the trust.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer lists Sogorea Te' Land Trust as a 501(c)(3) with exemption issued in December 2019. The site gives no total acreage.

Good to know. A cultural easement gives the trust a role in caring for land but does not transfer ownership. Use the trust's .org website; another domain appears in search results.

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